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Nature connects us. Stories bring that connection to life.

Rethink Outside helps funders and partners share a more powerful story about how nature and time outside strengthens our communities.

We develop, test, and share narrative frameworks and stories that bring new partners to the table and grow the movement for equitable access to the outdoors.

Narrative in Action

Tale of Two Community Schoolyard Projects: From Chiloquin to Tacoma

This story highlights a successful private-public partnership, working at the intersections of outdoor access, education, health, and equity.

Helping More People Benefit from Positive Experiences Outdoors

Inclusive and supportive professionals help increase connections when and where kids and communities need them the most.

Reclaiming Rights, Land, and a Way of Life

Day by day, Indigenous Regeneration works to reconnect people to each other and the world around them.

Stereotype or Fact? Black People Don’t Camp

For Black people, feeling welcome and safe in the outdoors isn’t a given.

Connecting Kids to Themselves, Each Other, and the World Around Them

Peralta Hacienda Historical Park’s Camp A.C.E offers young people a transformative neighborhood experience.

Thanks to our sponsors for financially supporting Rethink Outside

Rethink Outside photos courtesy of Big City Mountaineers, Children & Nature Network, Education Outside, Life Lab, Lincoln Park Zoo, NatureBridge, National Park Service, National Park Trust, Ocean Discovery Institute, Pie Ranch, Tiny Trees, and YES. Website by Weirdesign.com.